The volumes in this collection are organized thematically and examine the history of key financial institutions before and after the establishment of the Federal Reserve.
Part II Volume 5 Non-Par Banking Introduction Stephen Colwell, The Ways and Means of Payments (1859), excerpts New York Clearing House Association, Report to the New York Clearing House Association (1873) James C. Hallock, Clearing Out of Town Checks in England and the United States (1903), excerpt Albert S. Bolles, Practical Banking (1906), excerpts James G. Cannon, Clearing-Houses (1900), excerpts David Kinley, The Use of Credit Instruments in Payments in the United States (1910), excerpt Report of the Committee on Inland Exchange to the Clearing House Committee (1912) US Congress, House of Representatives, Investigation of the Financial and Monetary Conditions in the United States (1913), excerpts W. P. G. Harding, The Formative Period of the Federal Reserve System (1925), excerpt Leonard L. Watkins, Bankers’ Balances: A Study of the Effects of the Federal Reserve System on Banking Relationships (1929), excerpt Editorial Notes
